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An  act  to   pro  hi 
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AN  ACT 


TO  PROHIBIT  THE  IMPORTATION  OF  LUXURIES,  OR  OF  ARTI- 
CLES NOT  NECESSARIES  OR  OF  COMMON  USE. 

Thz  C niyress  of  thz  Cjiifedera'e  States  of  Amzrica  do  enact.  That 
fr  mi  aid  ajfter  the  first  ilay  of  M  irch  next  it  shall  not  be  lawful  td 
imp  >rt  into  the  C  mfe  lerate  States  any  Brandy,  Wines  or  other 
spirits,  or  any  other  article  specified  in  sc'ied  lie  A  of  an  act  enti- 
tled '  Ao  act  to  provide  revcnin  from  c  mm  xlities  imported  from 
foreign  countries,"  appr.tvel  M  iy  21,  lS3f,  or  any  g  >ods,  wares  or 
merchandise  enumerated  in  schedule  8  of  said  act,  except  the  fol- 
lowing articles:  All  thing-!  for  medicinal  purp>ses;  camphor, 
refined;  pickles;  molasses;  pepper;  pimento;  cloves;  nutmegs; 
cinnam  >n  and  all  other  spices  ;  soap,  Castile,  Windsor  and  all  other 
toilet  soaps ;  sugar  of  all  kiuds ;  syrup  of  sugar;  galloons,  laces, 
knots,  star-*,  tassels  tresses  and  wings  of  gold  aud  of  silver,  or 
imitations  thereof,  intended  for  uniforms  of  officers  in  the  military 
or  naval  service. 

Sec.  2.  And  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  import  the  following  arti- 
cles, enumerated  in  schedule  C  of  said  act:  Beer,  afe  and  porter  ; 
muffs  and  tippets,  and  all  other  manufactures  of  fur,  or  of  which 
fur  shall  be  a  component  port*  except  caps  and  hats;  carpets,  car- 
petings,  hearth  rugs,  bedsides,  and  other  portions  of  carpeting,  of 
any  kind  or  description;  carriages  and  parts  of  carriages;  ciier 
and  other  beverages  not  containing  alcohol ;  clocks  and  parts  of 
clocks;  cotton  laces,  cotton  jnsertings,  cotton  trimmings,  or  laces 
of  thread  and  other  material  ;  coral,  manufactured  ;  dolls  and  toys 
of  all  kinds;  firecrackers,  sky-rockets,  Roman  candles,  and  all 
similar  articles  used  in  pyrotechnics  ;  furniture,  cabinet  and  house- 
hold ;  glass,  colored,  stained  or  painted;  India  matting  of  all 
sorts  :  jet  and  manufactures  of  jet,  and  imitations  thereof;  jewelry, 
or  imitations  thereof;  manufactures  and  articles  of  marble,  marble 
paving  tiles,  slabs  or  blocks,  and  all  other  marble ;  matting,  China 
or  other  floor  matting  and  mats  made  of  flags,  jute  or  grass;  paper 
hangings,  paper  for  walls,  and  paper  for  screens  or  fire-boards ; 
paving  and  roofing  tiles  and  bricks,  and  roofing  slates  and  fire- 
bricks ;  thread  lacings  and  insertings ;  velvets  of  all  kinds. 

Sec.  3.  And  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  import  the  following  arti-    ' 
cles,  enumerated  in  schedule  D  of  said  act:    Angona,  Thibet  and 
other  goats'  hair  or  mohair,  unmanufactured;  bananas,  cocoaauts, 


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plaintains  nod  oranges;  cabinets  of  coins,  medals,  gems  and  col- 
lections of  antiquities*;  diamonds  mosaics,  getn.'',  pearls,  rubies, 
and  other  precious  stones,  and  imitations  thereof,  set  in  gold,  or 
silver,  or  other  metal;  engravings,  bound  or  unbound';  'rattans 
and  reeds;  paintings  and  statuary;  leaf  and  unmanufactured  to- 
bacco and  cigars;  or  the  following  articles  enumerated  in  schedule 
E :  Diamonds,  cameos,  mosaics,  pearls,  gems,  rubies  and  other 
precious  stones,  and  imitations  thereof,  when  not  set. 

Sec.  4.  None  of  the  manufactures  of  metal,  designed  as  either 
household  or  personal  ornaments,  shall  be  admitted  ;  and  iu  order 
to  confine  importations  to  articles  of  necessity  and  of  common  use, 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury^shall  prescribe  the  maximum  foreign 
prices  at  which  and  within  which  importation  of  goods,  manufac- 
tured wholly  or  partly  of  cotton,  flax,  wool,  or  of  silk,  and  designed 
for  Avearing  apparel,  and  not  herein  prohibited,  may  be  made,  and 
beyond  Which  importations  thereof  shall  uot  be  male:  Provided, 
that  articles  herein  allowed  to  be  imported  shall  not  be  impressed 
by  the  Government  or  its  agents  after  they  have  reached  the  Con- 
federate States :  Provided,  further,  that  nothing  herein  contained 
6hall  be  construed  to  prohibit  any  importation  foi  the  use  or  ac- 
count of  the  Confederate  States,  or  either  of  them  :  Provided  fur- 
ther, that  this«fict  shall  not  apply  to  any  article  or  articles  which 
have  been,  or  shall  be  shipped,  without  knowledge  of  the  passage 
of  this  act,  before  the  first  day  of  March  next,  but  which  shall 
arrive  in  a  Confederate  port  after  that  day. 

Sec.  5.  That  whenever  any  article  or  articles,  the  importation 
of  which  is  prohibited  by  this  act,  shall,  after  the  first  day  of 
March  next,  be  imported  into  the  Confederate  States,  contrary  to 
th"  true  intent  and  meaniug  of  this  act,  or  shall,  after  the  first  day 
of  March  next,  be  put  on  board  any  ship  or  vessel,  boat,  raft  or 
carriage,  with  the  intention  of  importing  the  same  into  the  Con- 
federate States,  all  such  articles,  as  well  as  all  other  articles  on 
board  the  same  ship  or  vessel,  boat,  raft  or  carriage,  belonging  to 
the  owner  of  su^h  prohibited  articles,  shall  be  forfeited,  and  the 
owner  thereof  shall,  moreover,  forfeit  and  pay  double  the  value  of 
such  articles. 

Sec.  6.  If  any  article  or  articles,  the  importation  of  which  is 
prohibited  by  this  act,  shall,  nevertheless,  be  on  board  any  ship  or 
vessel,  boat,  raft  or  carriage,  arriving  after  said  first  day  cf  March 
next  in  the  Confederate  State*,  and  shall  be  omitted  in  the  mani 
fest,  report  or  entry  of  the  master,  or  the  person  having  the  chargp 
or  command  of  such  ship  or  vessel,  boat,  raft  or  carriage,  or  shall 
be  ouiitled  iu  the  entry  of  the  goods  owned  by  the  owner,  or  con- 


signed  to  the  consignee  of  such  article?,  or  shall  be  imported  or 
landed,  or  attempted  to  be  imported  or  landed,  without  a  permit, 
the  same  penalties,  tines  an  i  forfeitures  shall  Ife  incurred,  an  1  may 
be  recovered,  as  in  the  ease  of  similar  omission  or  omissions,  land 
ing.  importation  or  attempt  to  land  or  import,  in  relation  m  Articles 
liable  to  duties  on  their  importation  into  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  7.  Every  collector,  naval  officer,  survey. r  or  oilier  officer  of 
the  customs,  shall  have  the  like  power  and  authority  to  seize  goods, 
wares  and  merchandise  imported  contrary  Jo  the  intent  and  mean- 
ing of  this  act,  to  keep  the  same  in  custody  until  it  shall  have 
been  ascertained  whether  the  same  hare  been  forfeited  or  not.  and 
to  enter  any  ship  or  vessel,  dwelling-house,  store,  building  or  other 
place,  for  the  purpose  of  searching  ftw  and  seizing  any  sueh  goods, 
wares  and  merchandise  which  he  or  they  now  h .ive  by  law  in  rela- 
tion to  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  subject  to  duty  :  and  if  any 
person  or  persons  shall  conceal  or  buy  any  goods,  ware-;  or  mer- 
chandise, knowing  them  to  be  liable  to  seizure  by  this  a-r.  such 
person  or  poisons  shal\  on  conviction  there  if,  forfeit  and  pay  a 
sum  double  the  amount  or  value  of  the  goods,  wares  or  merchan- 
dise so  concealed  or  purchased. 

Sec.  8.  The  following  additional  oath  or  affirmation  shall  be 
taken  by  masters  or  persons  having  charge  or  command  of  any 
ship  or  vessel  arriving  at  any  port  of  the  Confederate  States  after 
the  said  tirst  d  iy  of  March  next,  viz  :  "  I  furthei  swear  (or  affirm) 
that  there  are  not,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  ami  belief,  on 
board  [insert  the  denomination  ami  name  of  the  vessel.]  any  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise,  the  importation  of  which  into  the  Confede- 
rate States  is  prohibited  by  law;  and  I  do  further  swo-w  (or  affirm) 
that  if  I  shall  hereafter  discover  or  know  of  any  such  goods,  wares 
or  merchandise,  on  board  of  the  said  vessel,  or  which  shall  have 
been  imported  in  the  same,  I  will  immediately,  ami  witl  out  delay, 
inr*ke  due  report  thereof  to  tbo  collector  of  ibe  port  of  this 
district." 

Sec.  9.  After  said  first  day  of  March  next,  importers,  consignees 
or  agents,  at  the  time  of  entering  goods  into  the  Confederate 
States,  shall  take  the  following  additional  oath,  viz:  "  I  also  swear 
(or  affirm)  that  there  are  not,  to  ibe  best  of  my  knowledge  and 
belief,  amongst  the  said  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  imported  or 
consigned  as  aforesaid,  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  the  im- 
portation of  which  into  the  Confederate  States  is  prohibited  by 
law  :  and  I  do  further  swear  (or  affirm)  that  if  I  shall  hereafter 
discover  any  such  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  among  the  said 
goods,  wares  and  merchaudise,  imported  or  eousigued  ad  aforesaid, 


I  will  immediately,  and  without  delay,  report  the  same  to  the  col- 
lector of  this  district." 

Sec.  10.  All  penalties  and  forfeitures  arising  under  this  act  may 
be  sued  for  and  recovered,  and  shall  be  distributed  and  accounted 
tor  in  f  lie  manner  prescribed  by  the  act  entitled  "An  act  to  regu- 
late the  col  ecti"n  of  the  duties  on  imports  and  tonnage;"  and 
With  penaltic-  and  forfeitures  may  be  examined,  mitigated  or  re- 
miiie  1,  in  like  planner  and  under  the  like  conditions,  regulations 
and  restrictions  as  are  prescribed,  authorized  and  directed  by  the 
act  entitled  "  An  act  to  provide  for  mitigating  or  remitting  the 
forfeitures,  penalties  and  disabilities  accruing  in  certain  cases 
therein  mentioned." 

Sec.  11.  That  this  act  shall  expire  on  the  day  of  a  ratification  of 
a  treaty  of  peace  with  the  United  States. 

Approved  February  6,  1864. 


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